1 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:14,170 Good evening and welcome to the City Council meeting for January 23rd. Madam Clerk, will 2 00:01:14,170 --> 00:01:14,890 you please call roll? 3 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,400 Council Member Parent, Council Member Shoe, 4 00:01:22,660 --> 00:01:24,360 Council Member Dillard, 5 00:01:25,140 --> 00:01:31,000 Vice Mayor Lothian, Mayor Epstapis. Present. We start every meeting with an invocation 6 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,260 and flag salute. Tonight's invocation will be given by Council Member Shoe, Mr. Shoe. 7 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:36,420 Thank you, Mayor. 8 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:44,500 I'm not a religious person, but today I'm going to like to read a few 9 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:56,340 two lines from a sermon given by Revan Monther Isaac of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas 10 00:01:56,340 --> 00:02:04,200 Church in Bethlehem. It was given this last Christmas and it was entitled Christ on the 11 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:13,120 Rubble. The church is in Bethlehem and it created an avid scene with the figure of 12 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:22,720 body of Jesus in a calfia like the one I'm wearing, and it was surrounded by rubble. 13 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:25,470 We 14 00:02:25,470 --> 00:02:32,970 were tormented by the silence of the world. Leaders of the so-called free line, free lined 15 00:02:32,970 --> 00:02:34,090 up one after one, 16 00:02:37,210 --> 00:02:43,770 one after another, to give the green light for this genocide against 17 00:02:43,770 --> 00:02:47,190 a captive population. They gave the cover, 18 00:02:49,850 --> 00:02:52,890 not only did they make sure, not only that, 19 00:02:53,050 --> 00:02:55,750 but they made sure that the bill was paid in advance. 20 00:02:57,830 --> 00:03:02,410 They veiled the truth and 21 00:03:04,740 --> 00:03:05,180 the context 22 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:12,400 providing political cover. Later in the sermon he says, if you are not appalled by what 23 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:19,660 is happening in Gaza. If you are not shaken to your core, there is something wrong with 24 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:28,980 you as a human, with your humanity. And if we, as Christians, are not outraged by the 25 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:36,620 Jennifer side, by the weaponization of the Bible to justify it, there is something wrong 26 00:03:36,620 --> 00:03:39,880 with our Christian witness and we are 27 00:03:42,350 --> 00:03:48,850 composing the credibility of our gospel message. 28 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,220 May peace be with you and please join me in the flexible. 29 00:04:25,340 --> 00:04:26,820 A report from closed session. 30 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,840 There is no reportable action tonight. 31 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,540 Thank you. City manager comments. 32 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,160 Thank you, Mayor. I've just got a brief report on the rains from yesterday. 33 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,360 Obviously, there was a significant amount of rain around the region yesterday. 34 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,220 La Mesa recorded three inches of rain in 24 hours. 35 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:47,600 I don't recall we ever having that much rain in that short of a time period before. 36 00:04:48,260 --> 00:04:53,580 But miraculously, there was some flooding, but it was primarily along our roadways. 37 00:04:54,660 --> 00:05:00,380 We had a period where there was half an inch of rain in 15 minutes, which is unbelievable. 38 00:05:01,140 --> 00:05:07,200 We had our flooding on University Avenue near Boulevard in 69th, Alvarado Road, the typical spots. 39 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:14,060 But there was the only real damage we've experienced in the city was a little bit of erosion to Alvarado Road, 40 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:19,040 which Caltrans in the city will clean up over the next week or so, and there's some debris out there. 41 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:24,900 But I want to thank our public works crews, our fire crews and our police crews, particularly public works, 42 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,400 for getting the infrastructure ready for that event. 43 00:05:28,820 --> 00:05:34,260 I can remember back in my day that there'd be more damage for that type of rain, certainly. 44 00:05:34,260 --> 00:05:36,740 and a lot of our stormwater projects, 45 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,900 the University Avenue Storm Brain Project, 46 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,120 really has helped slow down the flooding, 47 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:42,940 so I just wanted to report that out. 48 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:43,900 Thank you. 49 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,340 Community Bulletin reports all about e-bikes. 50 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,780 Join a free interactive virtual class 51 00:05:49,780 --> 00:05:51,800 with the San Diego County Bike Coalition 52 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,880 on Thursday, February 1st from 6 to 7. 53 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:58,260 You can register at SanDiegoBikeCoalition.org. 54 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:01,660 It'll be cover road rules, how they work, 55 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:07,020 the e-bikes, where to ride, maintenance, and how to operate. So if you're thinking of becoming an 56 00:06:07,020 --> 00:06:13,600 owner of an e-bike, this would be a good place to start. February 1st from 6 to 7 online, San Diego 57 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:21,020 Bike Coalition. Next, this Thursday, and I think it could be closed, they still may need volunteers 58 00:06:21,020 --> 00:06:27,620 this Thursday at 4 a.m., will be the We All Count, and you can register to do the point and 59 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:34,620 time count, and if you'd like, it goes from 4 to 8 a.m. You have to be there, I think, 60 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:43,380 at 3.55. And it's going to start, I believe, at Lemon and Aum at the church. I'm planning 61 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:49,500 to be there, so I hope everybody can wake up with us. And last is Dr. Akila Weber, 62 00:06:50,460 --> 00:06:57,900 Assemblyperson Dr. Kieloweber has a committee on social deterrence of health, environmental 63 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:03,980 health and urban communities, and there's going to be an informational hearing on February 64 00:07:05,780 --> 00:07:11,380 2nd, Friday, from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m., sorry, for two hours, and it's going to be in alcohol 65 00:07:11,380 --> 00:07:15,960 in the council chamber, so if you can go there, that's what's going to be happening 66 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:16,180 there. 67 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:17,040 Vice Mayor Lothian. 68 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:23,660 you missed call your park the ribbon cutting it's in February they didn't give 69 00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:27,560 that to me so well then I'll announce it on February 10th 10 o'clock the morning 70 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,500 ribbon cutting call your park the pickleball crowds of LeMace are very 71 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:37,620 excited and I'm looking forward to it myself councilmember Dillard yes I 72 00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:43,760 just want to give a brief report on the safety and security report for MTS for 73 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:54,740 for ridership with the trolley. This is over a one-week period. We had 621,650 patrons that 74 00:07:54,740 --> 00:08:01,180 participated in the trolley system during that week. And of those writing, MTS security 75 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:11,360 personnel contacted 37,367 riders for fares or about 6% of the total ridership. There 76 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,660 There were 152 total citations issued, 128 were fair related. 77 00:08:17,380 --> 00:08:25,720 And out of that, the Orange Line, which is the line that goes through LaMesa, had 112,816 78 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,140 patrons that week. 79 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:43,480 And, you know, the total amount of inspections for, you know, the entire 621,650 were 18,467 80 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:51,720 of which citations were given 152 for fair and other citations. 81 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:59,460 So, just an overall synopsis of our activity with the trolley system. 82 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:09,800 And we have a new system that's been established for launching better contact with customers. 83 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,180 And it's called Ride Assured. 84 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:19,520 And that campaign that provides riders with a call-in number and text line for report 85 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:20,020 incidents. 86 00:09:20,020 --> 00:09:25,200 so Ride Assured is advertised in all MTS vehicles 87 00:09:25,540 --> 00:09:30,340 and the calls for service is 559 88 00:09:30,740 --> 00:09:35,200 and Ride Assured messages, if you want a text, is 4-4. 89 00:09:35,820 --> 00:09:36,600 Thank you. 90 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:38,700 Thank you, Council Member Hsu. 91 00:09:40,420 --> 00:09:44,460 I heard that the orange line was also closed for today. 92 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:45,500 I thought it was flooding. 93 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:46,920 I don't know if it's reopened yet, 94 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,520 but that's part of MTS. 95 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,500 Yes, in any case, I don't have any report. 96 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:50,860 Thank you. 97 00:09:51,220 --> 00:09:52,300 Council Member Perrant. 98 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,600 Yeah, I just wanted to express my appreciation 99 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,800 for Council Member Dillard sharing some great stats 100 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,920 about the really substantial use and reliance 101 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,180 of public transit by people in La Mesa. 102 00:10:04,420 --> 00:10:05,320 I appreciate you sharing that. 103 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,080 And also the efforts by the agency 104 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:13,480 to work on things like fair evasion and other things 105 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,680 so that people can feel safe on the trolley system, 106 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:18,240 which is really important. 107 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,520 I'm glad to hear that's continuing to happen 108 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:21,960 and that you're sharing that with the public 109 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,800 and your colleagues up here. 110 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,560 And then just to the point about 111 00:10:27,580 --> 00:10:30,620 Council Member Schuess' reference to the orange line, 112 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,380 it is services substantially suspended, 113 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,760 but if people are relying on that 114 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,980 and are curious about how to get around 115 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:41,180 and it's while it's being repaired, 116 00:10:42,260 --> 00:10:46,220 MTS has information about bridge bus options 117 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:50,680 on their social media and website that folks can tune into and look at. 118 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:56,040 And I just also shared the kudos to MTS and their staff 119 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,820 for the really substantial work they're doing to try to get that up and running again. 120 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:06,560 So I saw that on social media too, and so hopefully we'll get that full service moving soon. 121 00:11:06,980 --> 00:11:07,160 Thanks. 122 00:11:08,220 --> 00:11:08,920 Thank you. 123 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:12,040 Additions and relations by staff and council or council? 124 00:11:12,660 --> 00:11:13,280 None from staff. 125 00:11:13,540 --> 00:11:13,860 Thank you. 126 00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:20,460 The first presentation is, I'd like to invite Justin Pichet and George Zapata to join me 127 00:11:20,460 --> 00:11:25,260 up at the podium and also Mr. Throne, would you join us as well? 128 00:11:44,930 --> 00:11:50,390 On December 11, 2023, the City of La Mesa Public Works employees, Justin Pichet and 129 00:11:50,390 --> 00:11:54,670 George Zapata were traveling on Jefferson Avenue when they noticed a fire in front of 130 00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:54,990 a home. 131 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:59,970 Mr. Pichet and Mr. Zapata immediately exited the city vehicle and jumped into action. 132 00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:04,410 They disconnected a series of holiday lights that had caught fire and extinguished the 133 00:12:04,410 --> 00:12:09,050 fire using a garden hose, preventing the fire from spreading and consequently saving the 134 00:12:09,050 --> 00:12:09,230 home. 135 00:12:09,810 --> 00:12:13,310 By the time fire crews arrived, the fire had been completely extinguished. 136 00:12:13,710 --> 00:12:18,290 Following the incident, city staff was advised that the fire may have begun when a tortoise 137 00:12:18,290 --> 00:12:21,950 enclosure heat lamp caught fire, spreading to the holiday lights. 138 00:12:22,150 --> 00:12:26,810 Luckily, Mr. Pichet and Mr. Zapata, their quick thinking, the fire was contained 139 00:12:26,810 --> 00:12:28,710 and the tortoise survived. 140 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:34,450 On behalf of the city of La Mesa I'd like to recognize 141 00:12:34,450 --> 00:12:39,710 Mr. Pichet and Mr. Zapata for their rapid response and acting without 142 00:12:39,710 --> 00:12:44,250 hesitation to what might have been a terrible situation that they kept their 143 00:12:44,250 --> 00:12:48,510 eyes open and not only serving La Mesa as public works but now our 144 00:12:48,510 --> 00:12:52,170 volunteer firefighters. Is that true Chief Co? So there you go. 145 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:56,690 So but 146 00:12:56,690 --> 00:13:00,170 that we care beyond just our jobs, 147 00:13:01,390 --> 00:13:03,510 that whether or not we live in the city, 148 00:13:03,690 --> 00:13:04,990 the city belongs to us, 149 00:13:05,030 --> 00:13:06,270 and we care about every part of it. 150 00:13:06,390 --> 00:13:08,630 And so I'd like to say thank you to both gentlemen, 151 00:13:08,810 --> 00:13:10,570 and I'm gonna let each one of them say a little something. 152 00:13:11,150 --> 00:13:11,530 Mr. Pesche. 153 00:13:13,590 --> 00:13:15,510 I know it's gonna be a period doing this. 154 00:13:18,270 --> 00:13:20,430 I'm just grateful to have this opportunity 155 00:13:20,430 --> 00:13:21,730 to work for the City of La Mesa, 156 00:13:21,730 --> 00:13:25,930 to grow with my fellow crew members, George, 157 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:32,630 and my supervisor Robert Williams it's just an amazing experience just to 158 00:13:32,630 --> 00:13:37,290 learn different things about the city and just doing a job taking care of it. 159 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:47,460 You said everything right. I'm very proud to work for the Cedar La Mesa, very proud 160 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:55,660 to serve the community like I said on the interview. I'm here to serve the 161 00:13:55,660 --> 00:13:59,900 community, and I'm doing it, and this is one of the proofs, and I'm very proud. 162 00:14:01,460 --> 00:14:02,480 Thank you very much. 163 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:08,900 We're going to get a photo. 164 00:15:35,950 --> 00:15:41,970 Thank you. You do not need to stay for the meeting, so we're going to let you be excused, 165 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:47,070 so you can go celebrate. So please, thank you again for being here. Thank you, family members 166 00:15:47,070 --> 00:15:48,190 and friends for being here. 167 00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:55,110 There should be some type of reward. So being able to leave 168 00:15:55,110 --> 00:15:56,850 a council meeting is the least we can do. 169 00:15:58,950 --> 00:16:00,550 Sorry, the rest of you that work here, you 170 00:16:00,550 --> 00:16:01,070 have to stay. 171 00:16:06,430 --> 00:16:11,770 Okay. Next on the agenda is a climate action plan and organics recycling 172 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:13,490 a progress report presentation. 173 00:16:14,430 --> 00:16:15,670 Oh, welcome. 174 00:16:26,230 --> 00:16:28,110 Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. 175 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:30,630 I'm environmental manager, Hilary Ego, 176 00:16:31,050 --> 00:16:32,090 and I'm here with my team, 177 00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:33,570 our two Civic Spark Fellows, 178 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:34,650 Carlin and Liam, 179 00:16:35,030 --> 00:16:36,630 and our environmental analyst, Serena. 180 00:16:37,270 --> 00:16:38,730 Together, we work on implementing 181 00:16:38,730 --> 00:16:41,150 the Climate Action Plan, or CAP for short, 182 00:16:41,510 --> 00:16:42,970 and we're excited to present to you 183 00:16:42,970 --> 00:16:44,370 highlights from the past six months. 184 00:16:45,430 --> 00:16:46,710 In February, 2021, 185 00:16:47,150 --> 00:16:48,510 the La Mesa City Council adopted 186 00:16:48,510 --> 00:16:49,990 a climate emergency resolution 187 00:16:49,990 --> 00:16:52,510 and resolution response in January 2022. 188 00:16:53,310 --> 00:16:55,750 This reaffirmed the city's commitment to climate action 189 00:16:55,750 --> 00:16:58,210 and supports existing CAP implementation efforts. 190 00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:01,610 The February 2021 climate emergency resolution 191 00:17:01,610 --> 00:17:02,990 includes 11 actions. 192 00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:04,730 Over the last six months, 193 00:17:05,010 --> 00:17:06,970 this is how staff address these 11 actions. 194 00:17:08,170 --> 00:17:09,810 CAP engagement with city departments 195 00:17:09,810 --> 00:17:11,250 by collaborating with the 196 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:13,670 Interdepartmental CAP implementation team 197 00:17:13,990 --> 00:17:16,710 and with city boards and commissions addresses action too. 198 00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:19,730 Participate in regional priority climate action plan 199 00:17:19,730 --> 00:17:23,690 San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative Working Groups and County Office of Environmental 200 00:17:23,690 --> 00:17:28,550 Justice and Sustainability addresses actions 3, 4, 5, 8, and 11. 201 00:17:29,230 --> 00:17:33,350 Presentations and partnerships with city boards and commissions, including the parking commission 202 00:17:33,350 --> 00:17:37,450 working on electric vehicle charging stations and sustainability features of the Lemon 203 00:17:37,450 --> 00:17:41,830 Avenue parking lot that began construction this month, the Mobility Commission reviewing 204 00:17:41,830 --> 00:17:45,450 complete streets projects, and the Youth Advisory Commission including CAP-related 205 00:17:45,450 --> 00:17:48,330 items in their time capsule addresses action too. 206 00:17:48,330 --> 00:17:53,150 began the Moture Study to gather data on how people drive, bike, walk, and ride 207 00:17:53,150 --> 00:17:56,950 public transportation around La Mesa to reduce vehicle miles traveled, Addresses 208 00:17:56,950 --> 00:18:01,370 Action 6, youth engagement and school partnerships and with workshops, class 209 00:18:01,370 --> 00:18:06,290 field trips, and organics recycling rollout, Addresses Actions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 210 00:18:06,290 --> 00:18:10,390 and 9, host University of San Diego College Corps Fellows working on cap 211 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:14,290 projects in all categories, Addresses Action 9, working with the consultant, 212 00:18:14,630 --> 00:18:17,690 city staff, and Environmental Sustainability Commission and ad hoc 213 00:18:17,690 --> 00:18:22,650 subcommittees to address CAP targets, measures and actions in CAP update process addresses 214 00:18:22,650 --> 00:18:28,430 actions 1, 2, 5 and 7, and an increased focus on climate and equity and participation with 215 00:18:28,430 --> 00:18:33,590 community organizations in the CAP update process addresses actions 1, 3, 4, 5 and 216 00:18:33,590 --> 00:18:33,790 9. 217 00:18:34,390 --> 00:18:38,990 The January 2022 response to the climate emergency resolution includes four actions 218 00:18:38,990 --> 00:18:43,370 in which all are being addressed through commission partnerships, interdepartmental 219 00:18:43,370 --> 00:18:47,390 collaboration, Climate Action Plan update and mode share study and ongoing six 220 00:18:47,390 --> 00:18:51,510 month progress reports to City Council. The mode share study is 80% complete 221 00:18:51,510 --> 00:18:55,090 and will be included in the cap update. The consultant has finished the data 222 00:18:55,090 --> 00:18:58,870 collection and is completing their analysis. The study will include 223 00:18:58,870 --> 00:19:01,870 greenhouse gas emissions for transportation mode split for driving, 224 00:19:02,090 --> 00:19:06,310 walking, biking, and taking public transportation. The Climate Action Plan 225 00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:09,610 is a roadmap of actions the city can take to reduce greenhouse gas 226 00:19:09,610 --> 00:19:14,470 emissions in the areas of energy, transportation and land use, solid waste, green infrastructure, 227 00:19:14,970 --> 00:19:15,290 and water. 228 00:19:15,870 --> 00:19:19,690 The 2018 CAP committed to being updated and we are currently going through the process 229 00:19:19,690 --> 00:19:20,450 with the consultant. 230 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:26,250 Progress in the CAP update continues as city staff have been working to update greenhouse 231 00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:29,890 gas emission projections and targets that are consistent with the state and update 232 00:19:29,890 --> 00:19:31,310 measures and key actions. 233 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:35,530 As shown in the timeline below, community engagement workshops and surveys have 234 00:19:35,530 --> 00:19:39,190 been conducted with the first workshop in May, second workshop hosted in partnership 235 00:19:39,190 --> 00:19:40,910 with Helix Charter High School in October 236 00:19:41,390 --> 00:19:44,390 and held the Boarding Commission Working Group meeting. 237 00:19:44,910 --> 00:19:46,770 And we've received over 200 responses 238 00:19:46,770 --> 00:19:47,890 in the CAP Update Survey. 239 00:19:48,550 --> 00:19:51,470 To ensure we meet the expanded project scope 240 00:19:51,470 --> 00:19:53,150 and deliverables with the Mocha study, 241 00:19:53,550 --> 00:19:55,150 which required additional time by the consultant 242 00:19:55,150 --> 00:19:56,770 to comply with the requested changes, 243 00:19:57,250 --> 00:19:59,110 the first draft plan will be presented 244 00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:01,410 to the community and commissions in mid 2024. 245 00:20:02,450 --> 00:20:04,010 With me are members of the CAP team, 246 00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:06,630 which includes full-time staff, civic spark fellows, 247 00:20:07,030 --> 00:20:08,630 who are 11 month contract positions 248 00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:12,970 for recent college graduates organized by the state's office, Civic Well, and 249 00:20:12,970 --> 00:20:16,550 partially funded by the Federal AmeriCorps program. And we also work with 250 00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:19,990 three part-time University of San Diego student college core fellows that are 251 00:20:19,990 --> 00:20:23,750 fully funded by the state. The CAP team continues to work closely with the 252 00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:27,030 Environmental Sustainability Commission and other commissions and is an active 253 00:20:27,030 --> 00:20:30,630 member of the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative. CAP implementation is 254 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:38,610 funded by the Public Works Environmental Services budget and the 255 00:20:38,610 --> 00:20:45,710 fiscal year 24 to 25 is $813,257. The cap is also funded by grants and state programs. 256 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:57,180 Listed here are all the events the Climate Action Plan team has hosted and tabled at in the last 257 00:20:57,180 --> 00:21:03,940 six months, with nearly 2,000 community members participating. As part of the climate emergency 258 00:21:03,940 --> 00:21:09,000 resolution, we continue to engage with residents at events and also with businesses through the 259 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,200 LaMesa Green Business Network, which you'll learn more about in the next presentation. 260 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:26,620 The COP is an interdisciplinary in nature, and we continue to engage with city staff through events such as an e-bike test ride event and implementing sustainability practices at the employee appreciation luncheon. 261 00:21:28,570 --> 00:21:41,250 The city received the Sand Dog Diamond Award Platinum level and I Love a Clean San Diego Community Collaboration Awards, and staff was recognized as a Climate Science Alliance 2023 Climate Adaptation Leader. 262 00:21:42,210 --> 00:21:46,870 Additionally, the city supported the La Mesa Park and Recreation Foundation, who received 263 00:21:46,870 --> 00:21:52,550 a $37,000 grant from San Diego Community Power to electrify community events at the parks 264 00:21:52,550 --> 00:21:53,450 and community garden. 265 00:21:55,450 --> 00:21:59,910 As part of the climate emergency resolution, the CAP team has increased youth outreach 266 00:21:59,910 --> 00:22:05,150 by partnering with Helix Charter High School for the classes, workshops, organics recycling 267 00:22:05,150 --> 00:22:07,370 rollout, and the Youth Advisory Commission. 268 00:22:07,370 --> 00:22:08,630 Energy 269 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:20,100 highlights include increased DIY energy saving and sustainability toolkit social media marketing and checkouts. 270 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:29,480 The city kicked off a large scale municipal energy project with an energy services company to identify and implement energy saving and renewable energy projects. 271 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:41,440 As part of the community grant award from San Diego Community Power, the La Mesa Community Garden and the City Parks Division received electric tools instead of using gas powered tools in La Mesa parks. 272 00:22:44,510 --> 00:22:48,490 Transportation highlights include continuing to implement vision zero 273 00:22:48,490 --> 00:22:52,630 projects such as complete streets, the expansion of bicycle and pedestrian 274 00:22:52,630 --> 00:22:56,690 infrastructure, and providing community education. The city has partnered 275 00:22:56,690 --> 00:23:01,090 with the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition to host bicycle education classes including 276 00:23:01,090 --> 00:23:04,710 bike rodeos, city cycling class, and a virtual e-bike class. 277 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:08,610 The city also began two projects that will lead to transportation 278 00:23:08,610 --> 00:23:12,770 greenhouse gas emissions savings. The mode share study that analyzes 279 00:23:12,770 --> 00:23:16,270 is how people drive, walk, bike, or take public transit, 280 00:23:16,610 --> 00:23:20,290 and the electric vehicle charging station master plan 281 00:23:20,290 --> 00:23:21,470 requests for proposals. 282 00:23:22,350 --> 00:23:23,710 For city fleet electrification, 283 00:23:24,190 --> 00:23:26,090 the city received technical assistance 284 00:23:26,090 --> 00:23:28,070 funded by the California Energy Commission 285 00:23:28,430 --> 00:23:30,910 to identify opportunities and meet state requirements. 286 00:23:32,130 --> 00:23:33,790 Water highlights include hosting 287 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:35,890 a native landscaping workshop for residents 288 00:23:35,890 --> 00:23:37,550 to learn about the benefits of planting 289 00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:39,170 native plants that use less water. 290 00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:42,210 The city is also updating the landscaping 291 00:23:42,210 --> 00:23:46,510 outside of City Hall to be drought tolerant and serve as an educational demonstration garden. 292 00:23:48,110 --> 00:23:53,150 Green infrastructure highlights include continuing to implement the Urban Forest Management Plan 293 00:23:53,730 --> 00:23:57,550 and a Cal Fire Grant to plant trees and host tree education events. 294 00:23:58,290 --> 00:24:03,390 In the last six months, 56 trees were planted in public right-of-way and parks. 295 00:24:04,290 --> 00:24:08,810 And the La Mesa Parks and Recreation Foundation hosted its annual La Mesa Park Appreciation 296 00:24:08,810 --> 00:24:09,050 Day. 297 00:24:09,050 --> 00:24:14,810 As part of the Cal Fire Grant, our grant partner, Tree San Diego, calculated the greenhouse gas 298 00:24:14,810 --> 00:24:22,890 benefit of carbon stored in the trees planted to date and is 383 metric tons of carbon dioxide 299 00:24:22,890 --> 00:24:27,570 equivalent, which is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of nearly 1 million miles driven 300 00:24:27,570 --> 00:24:29,550 by an average gasoline powered vehicle. 301 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:36,940 Senate Bill 1383 details requirements for jurisdictions 302 00:24:36,940 --> 00:24:42,580 and businesses regarding organic waste recycling and food recovery programs. City staff along 303 00:24:42,580 --> 00:24:46,000 along with Isle of a Clean San Diego have been working to help La Mesa schools become 304 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:51,700 compliant with SB 1383. The rollout of an organics program at Helix Trotter High School 305 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:56,900 started today. The city continues to provide free waste services to residents, including 306 00:24:56,900 --> 00:25:01,320 servicing almost 1,000 participants at the eight household hazardous waste events last 307 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:06,380 year. In addition, EDCO sponsored two paper shredding events with over 400 vehicles 308 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:09,360 was processed, 17,000 pounds of paper shredded, 309 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,560 and over 9,000 pounds of electronic waste collected. 310 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,540 Our Litter-Free La Mesa Community Cleanup Series 311 00:25:16,540 --> 00:25:18,140 kicked off in April 2023. 312 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,960 Litter-Free La Mesa is a five-year program 313 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,820 in partnership with Isle of a Clean San Diego 314 00:25:23,220 --> 00:25:25,600 and utilizes volunteers to beautify the community 315 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,640 and keep litter from entering our waterways 316 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:28,520 that lead to the ocean. 317 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,540 The events had 250 volunteers 318 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:33,980 who removed over 1,000 pounds of litter. 319 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:35,760 Here are the dates for this year. 320 00:25:38,450 --> 00:25:46,510 SB 1383 requires every California jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services to businesses and residents beginning in 2022. 321 00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:51,890 Organic waste includes food waste, landscaping waste, and paper products. 322 00:25:52,690 --> 00:25:58,530 SB 1383 defines certain large commercial food generators to donate edible food that would otherwise be thrown away. 323 00:25:59,530 --> 00:26:05,570 Jurisdictions are required to implement a food recovery program that includes education to identified large food generators. 324 00:26:06,310 --> 00:26:09,950 It also sets annual procurement targets of recovered organic waste products. 325 00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:17,830 Edco and the city worked to roll out organics recycling services to all the Mesa businesses in March 2023. 326 00:26:18,630 --> 00:26:22,210 Residents have been receiving organics curbside service since 2021. 327 00:26:22,210 --> 00:26:30,030 SB 1383 compliance rates in La Mesa are nearly 100% for both business and residential customers. 328 00:26:31,170 --> 00:26:35,110 To encourage maximum participation in the residential organics collection program, 329 00:26:35,630 --> 00:26:37,710 EdCo offers free kitchen catties to residents. 330 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:42,490 Multifamily residents can request kitchen catties from the property management and 331 00:26:42,490 --> 00:26:45,290 single family residents can request one directly from EdCo. 332 00:26:46,890 --> 00:26:52,190 SB 1383 requires specified large food generators to recover edible food that would otherwise 333 00:26:52,190 --> 00:26:57,970 go to waste. In July 2023, the city contracted with consultant Solana Center for Environmental 334 00:26:57,970 --> 00:27:03,090 Innovation to provide assistance to food recovery organizations and Tier 1 commercial food generators 335 00:27:03,090 --> 00:27:07,410 which includes supermarkets and have some donation programs already in place. 336 00:27:08,150 --> 00:27:13,950 Commencing January 1st 2022, Tier 1 generators must follow donation and record keeping requirements 337 00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:19,470 and commencing January 1st 2024, Tier 2 commercial food generators such as large 338 00:27:19,470 --> 00:27:24,810 restaurants in hospitals shall also comply. City staff and Salana Center have been focusing 339 00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:27,530 on an education-first approach to ensure compliance. 340 00:27:28,650 --> 00:27:33,890 SB 1393 sets high procurement targets of recovered organic waste for each California jurisdiction. 341 00:27:34,770 --> 00:27:40,990 La Mesa has been focusing on procuring mulch and renewable natural gas, or RNG. The RNG 342 00:27:40,990 --> 00:27:45,850 comes from collected organic waste that is processed at EDCO's facility. In 2023, 343 00:27:45,850 --> 00:27:49,310 In 2003, the city also gave 340 cubic yards of mulch 344 00:27:49,310 --> 00:27:52,230 through a self-serve mulch pile at city facilities and events. 345 00:27:52,930 --> 00:27:55,630 Because of increased outreach, this number nearly tripled. 346 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,200 2024 priority projects are listed here 347 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,220 and include the Climate Action Plan update, 348 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,860 projects that reduce energy and transportation emissions 349 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,940 and continue to engage with the community 350 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:10,060 by hosting cap-themed events and classes. 351 00:28:11,260 --> 00:28:12,740 Thank you, Mayor and City Council 352 00:28:12,740 --> 00:28:14,380 for your support of the Climate Action Plan 353 00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:15,480 and I'm available for questions. 354 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:17,120 Thanks, Mayor Lothian. 355 00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:20,400 Thank you for the presentation. 356 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:27,300 So I see by all four of you that you do a ton of workshops and hands-on stuff, and the 357 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:33,680 question I have for you is the goal of Climate Action Plans is to reduce La Mesa's carbon 358 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:34,420 emissions, correct? 359 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:35,580 Right? 360 00:28:36,060 --> 00:28:37,340 Okay, so our carbon footprint. 361 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:40,380 Is there any device out there that measures? 362 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,140 So all of these things that we're doing, they're not goals, they're processes to 363 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:44,740 get to a goal. 364 00:28:44,740 --> 00:28:50,680 So the goal is to reduce carbon emissions. Is there anything that you can show or anyone can show here? 365 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:55,180 It's the city or anything like that. Hey, our carbon emissions were here and now they're here 366 00:28:56,540 --> 00:29:00,880 We receive our greenhouse gas emission inventories from sand egg every two years 367 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,660 And so right now and we're in a mid-year cycle waiting to receive our next inventory 368 00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:09,380 And what is it like cubic something per yard? I mean, what's the measurement? Yes, it's it's co2 369 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,040 so similar to the 370 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:16,040 example given earlier about the carbon emissions that were sequestered from the 371 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,900 trees. Okay and so is it like some sort of a gadget or something out there that's 372 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:23,660 testing the air? I just don't, I'm trying to see how we're testing our, we're 373 00:29:23,660 --> 00:29:27,080 spending a million dollars a year so I want to see where that money's going. 374 00:29:27,420 --> 00:29:32,940 What's the results? Sandag funds a consultant to conduct the studies for 375 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:37,580 the city. Okay so we don't really know. Okay now I'm gonna throw some stats 376 00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:38,520 That's out there, too, for you guys. 377 00:29:40,420 --> 00:29:42,220 So I don't know if people know this or not, 378 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,220 but the United States produces 12.6% 379 00:29:45,710 --> 00:29:46,900 of the world's carbon emissions. 380 00:29:47,260 --> 00:29:49,060 So the United States is 12.6%. 381 00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:54,000 LaMesa makes up 0.018% of the US population, 382 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,960 which means that we produce 0.0012% of the world's 383 00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:08,260 We're not in industrial city. So my feeling is is that we are such a microscopic carbon 384 00:30:08,260 --> 00:30:12,700 emission producer that it seems to me sort of a waste of money to be spending almost a 385 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:17,220 million a year, especially when you consider that our police and fire are not fully staffed. 386 00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:21,620 Our streets are not smooth and pothole free. Our parks are not beautiful and clean. We 387 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:25,800 are not littering graffiti free. Our permit process is still not quite expedient and 388 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,540 glitch-free, and we haven't solved our homeless problem. So I just feel like we're throwing 389 00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:34,620 a lot of money towards something that even if we were completely compliant, it would 390 00:30:34,620 --> 00:30:37,100 be negligible on the world stage. Thank you. 391 00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:40,520 Any other questions? Council Member Parent? 392 00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:45,520 Yeah. Thanks, Hilary, and your team for this presentation, for all the work that you 393 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:52,720 all are doing to implement our climate action plan, as you all know, and as many 394 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:57,520 the public knows not only do we have, not only has climate change real, but do we have 395 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:03,960 legal obligations to have a climate action plan and to follow through with the efforts 396 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,820 that we have in that plan. 397 00:31:06,060 --> 00:31:12,400 And so I'm very proud of LaMesa being the first city in East County to adopt an enforceable 398 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,280 climate action plan. 399 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,180 I'm glad we're continuing to do that. 400 00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:19,620 I'm glad that we have a good team of people who are committed to doing that. 401 00:31:19,620 --> 00:31:27,680 But it sometimes is, as you all know, and sometimes is thankless work to do this. 402 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,480 We are a small city. 403 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:35,840 We are not going to solve climate change all by ourselves, but we also have obligations 404 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:43,560 as individuals, as public servants, and as community to do our fair share. 405 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:48,720 and it's great to see that we're that we're doing that with all these diverse 406 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:54,360 efforts so I'm glad that we're doing that and I want to thank you for your 407 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,520 efforts and your presentation here this evening. 408 00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:00,440 Council Member Dillard. 409 00:32:02,830 --> 00:32:05,990 Yes I just want to say thank you for the 410 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:13,310 presentation and thank you to all of you. I did want to highlight the part 411 00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:20,710 of the presentation where you get the youth with schools involved, I want to commend you 412 00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:26,770 for that because they're our future and they want to be able to breathe too and we want 413 00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:29,530 our children and our children's children to be able to breathe. 414 00:32:30,370 --> 00:32:40,230 And I see this whole project that we have been working on as an example. 415 00:32:40,230 --> 00:32:50,050 We're an example for other cities to get on board and do their part, and together, if we work together, we can really make an impact. 416 00:32:50,470 --> 00:33:01,950 And yeah, we're a small city, and the work may be thankless, but it's needed, and I really want to commend you on the hard work that you do, 417 00:33:01,950 --> 00:33:09,910 do because I see you a lot working very hard to, you know, do the things necessary. 418 00:33:10,250 --> 00:33:16,630 And I commend the rest of you as well for your hard work and dedication and, you know, your 419 00:33:16,630 --> 00:33:22,530 potential careers if you haven't already formed them, you know, I'm happy for that too. 420 00:33:22,730 --> 00:33:26,530 So and for the youth that you included in this as well. 421 00:33:26,750 --> 00:33:27,410 So thank you. 422 00:33:29,650 --> 00:33:30,770 Thank you, Mayor. 423 00:33:31,690 --> 00:33:32,890 Well, this is a great report. 424 00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:36,970 I think we'll make sure we can be very proud of what we're doing in terms of our climate 425 00:33:36,970 --> 00:33:43,490 action plan of all of our actions and worthy of the awards we've received, maybe more awards 426 00:33:43,490 --> 00:33:44,650 in the future from our region. 427 00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:48,110 I have a few technical questions. 428 00:33:48,310 --> 00:33:54,250 We'll quickly just, this is not a test, but with regards to one million miles traveled 429 00:33:55,350 --> 00:34:00,750 amount of emissions equivalent to the 250 some trees that we planted is that a 430 00:34:00,750 --> 00:34:06,770 point in time or is that one year of emissions or greenhouse gas emissions 431 00:34:07,870 --> 00:34:12,250 sequestered. I will look at the report I was provided and get back to you. Yeah 432 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:15,430 if you give me some details on that that'd be interesting because sometimes 433 00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:18,490 we would count the trees how much they could sequester through the life of the 434 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:22,210 tree or whether it was a 40 year old tree versus the smaller trees that we 435 00:34:22,210 --> 00:34:26,210 currently planned. Nevertheless, we're going to sequester some carbon and that's 436 00:34:26,210 --> 00:34:32,030 a good thing, but actually I like the co-benefits which is the shade, the 437 00:34:32,030 --> 00:34:37,450 beauty of the then it has the city-city. Many of the things that you've done in 438 00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:44,250 your unit is not directly tied to reduction of what it could be somewhat 439 00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:49,170 tied to some reduction like our little clean-ups program. That's done by 440 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:51,890 for your staff and you, you're involved with that, 441 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:55,090 but that's not part of the climate action plan, is it? 442 00:34:55,990 --> 00:34:57,890 It's part of it because it's education 443 00:34:57,890 --> 00:35:00,590 for waste reduction and proper sorting. 444 00:35:00,610 --> 00:35:03,450 And that can reduce, habitually reduce some, 445 00:35:03,690 --> 00:35:05,890 so yes, it is part of the education program. 446 00:35:06,570 --> 00:35:08,930 But the co-benefits of that are great. 447 00:35:09,270 --> 00:35:12,330 I mean, I've seen customer loading out there, 448 00:35:12,550 --> 00:35:15,970 helping on those cleanup days, yeah, right. 449 00:35:15,970 --> 00:35:21,070 So that's part of what your staff does as part of the budget in your unit. 450 00:35:21,890 --> 00:35:28,650 There's some other co-benefits as well, economic co-benefits with regards to energy efficiency and things like that. 451 00:35:29,130 --> 00:35:33,590 And I hope at some point we may not be able to document all of it, 452 00:35:33,770 --> 00:35:39,470 but I think it's good to mention that there are co-benefits of fulfilling much of the Climate Action Plan, 453 00:35:39,850 --> 00:35:44,910 that it actually reduced costs for the city as well as the people of La Mesa. 454 00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:52,050 And another co-benefit that's really big is I think the health issues that we know 455 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:59,630 emissions from cars and and the plastic and everything else does cause physical 456 00:35:59,630 --> 00:36:07,150 health impacts in our community and that that's another thing that we may 457 00:36:07,150 --> 00:36:13,410 not be able to document fully but you know if we reduce asthma case or 458 00:36:13,410 --> 00:36:17,630 case, that's a lot of money and lots of money that affects our families and we 459 00:36:17,630 --> 00:36:22,230 know it affects poor people and people of color more than others. So I think it's 460 00:36:22,230 --> 00:36:28,970 important for us to point out those co-benefits in our program. There's many 461 00:36:28,970 --> 00:36:32,070 more questions but I won't let you anymore. I think thank you for a much 462 00:36:32,070 --> 00:36:35,490 more thorough report than we've had before. I've been looking forward to 463 00:36:35,490 --> 00:36:39,810 the work plans of our committees. I've been looking at the work plans of 464 00:36:39,810 --> 00:36:41,510 some of our other committees, 465 00:36:42,030 --> 00:36:43,870 like the mobility committee and planning 466 00:36:44,150 --> 00:36:46,710 to also work on some of these projects, 467 00:36:46,750 --> 00:36:48,830 which I know are very challenging. 468 00:36:49,890 --> 00:36:51,850 And the next climate action plan, 469 00:36:52,170 --> 00:36:53,670 I think it's pretty, of course, 470 00:36:54,070 --> 00:36:56,230 I know will be better than the other climate action plans 471 00:36:56,230 --> 00:36:57,010 in our region. 472 00:36:57,470 --> 00:36:59,850 So I'm looking forward to seeing that. 473 00:37:00,710 --> 00:37:01,810 This is a great challenge. 474 00:37:02,090 --> 00:37:06,670 And as customer parent mentioned, we may be small, 475 00:37:06,670 --> 00:37:11,190 But we could be strong leaders for East County and the rest of the region. 476 00:37:12,110 --> 00:37:16,650 And hopefully with our leadership, we will progress throughout the country and throughout the world 477 00:37:16,650 --> 00:37:18,490 with regards to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 478 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,230 So thank you very much. 479 00:37:24,140 --> 00:37:27,140 Since everyone's been standing, would you reintroduce your team really quick? 480 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:27,960 Yes, of course. 481 00:37:28,740 --> 00:37:31,080 I'm sorry that you've been standing so long, please. 482 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,260 So I have with me our Civic Spark Fellows, Karlyn and Liam. 483 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,140 And they're with us until August. 484 00:37:36,140 --> 00:37:40,900 So it's an 11 month program for them to gain firsthand experience on climate action planning 485 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:41,600 and local government. 486 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:42,200 All right. 487 00:37:42,340 --> 00:37:46,460 And then I have Serena who's been with us for almost a year now and she is our environmental 488 00:37:46,460 --> 00:37:49,780 analyst and leads our solid waste programs and supports the climate action plan. 489 00:37:50,020 --> 00:37:50,960 Thank you for your report. 490 00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:52,120 Thank you for all being here. 491 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:53,560 Thank you. 492 00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:54,180 Thanks. 493 00:37:54,620 --> 00:38:03,160 Next on the agenda is a 2023 certified LaMesa green business recognition presentation. 494 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:03,980 The 495 00:38:22,030 --> 00:38:27,390 2023 certified La Mesa green business recognition presentation, the city of La Mesa 496 00:38:27,390 --> 00:38:32,770 established the La Mesa green business network in 2022 in collaboration with the San Diego 497 00:38:32,770 --> 00:38:34,330 region green business network. 498 00:38:34,830 --> 00:38:39,990 The network serves as a central hub for sustainable business and businesses that are striving 499 00:38:39,990 --> 00:38:46,090 to do more sustainability in La Mesa offering access to resources including a monthly newsletter, 500 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:51,810 educational events, networking opportunities, and ongoing rebate and incentive information. 501 00:38:52,470 --> 00:38:57,710 Since 2022, seven businesses have received their green business certification, 502 00:38:58,230 --> 00:39:00,690 and over 20 businesses have joined the network. 503 00:39:01,370 --> 00:39:05,170 Today, the City of La Mesa would like to recognize the La Mesa-certified businesses 504 00:39:05,170 --> 00:39:07,910 for their ongoing efforts to reduce emissions. 505 00:39:08,550 --> 00:39:12,390 These businesses set a positive example for the rest of the community 506 00:39:12,390 --> 00:39:17,610 through their reduction of waste and water, energy conservation, and alternate 507 00:39:17,610 --> 00:39:22,490 community practices, use of environmental friendly cleaning products, and 508 00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:27,070 pollution prevention. With us there are five of the LaMesa businesses who 509 00:39:27,070 --> 00:39:31,030 received their Green Business Certification, so congratulations to 510 00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:37,230 Helix soap company, KAIS Refills, the LaMesa Library, Homes with My 511 00:39:37,230 --> 00:39:42,970 reality and dental house for your ongoing sustainability achievements. I'd like to 512 00:39:42,970 --> 00:39:50,090 invite all of them up here for a group photo. If anyone's here. Yes. Thank you. 513 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:03,660 that everybody sneak out and change seats. 514 00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:07,180 You're all by yourself now over there, okay. 515 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,160 Next on the agenda is a developmental services process 516 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:14,920 and improvement plan update. 517 00:41:15,420 --> 00:41:18,020 Oh, hi, welcome, thank you, sorry. 518 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:19,280 A little ahead of you there. 519 00:41:19,420 --> 00:41:20,820 Yes, Los Santos, thank you. 520 00:41:21,820 --> 00:41:24,540 Thank you, good evening council members. 521 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,680 This evening we are so excited to present to you 522 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,680 an update on the development services, 523 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:37,740 process improvement plan implementation efforts. On February 20, 2023, staff 524 00:41:37,740 --> 00:41:42,440 brought forward to council process improvement recommendations. The primary 525 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:46,180 goals of the recommendations were to enhance the customer experience, 526 00:41:46,780 --> 00:41:51,440 identify and address bottlenecks in the permitting process, and to become 527 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:56,340 more efficient with time and resources. The plan recommendations were 528 00:41:56,340 --> 00:42:01,220 organized into three priority levels and included more than 20 recommendations. 529 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:06,480 It also included an action plan for implementation and tracking success. 530 00:42:07,660 --> 00:42:14,660 The recommendations focus on providing proactive communication, providing comprehensive information, 531 00:42:15,940 --> 00:42:21,140 front-loading customer information and assistance to avoid delays in the permitting process, 532 00:42:21,140 --> 00:42:24,100 improving predictability for customers 533 00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:26,840 and providing faster time frames. 534 00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:31,230 This evening, we are going to share with you 535 00:42:31,230 --> 00:42:33,090 some accomplishments that have been made 536 00:42:33,090 --> 00:42:35,430 in the areas of process improvements, 537 00:42:36,310 --> 00:42:39,430 customer service, tracking and data collection, 538 00:42:39,970 --> 00:42:42,630 and we'll provide an update on our ADU process 539 00:42:42,630 --> 00:42:44,050 accomplishments and activity. 540 00:42:44,930 --> 00:42:47,410 We will begin with process improvement accomplishments. 541 00:42:51,380 --> 00:42:53,720 The process improvement priority recommendations 542 00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:59,740 recommendations that have been implemented or that are currently underway include implementation 543 00:42:59,740 --> 00:43:02,460 of main star permit portal modules, 544 00:43:06,900 --> 00:43:11,240 network and technology upgrades, ongoing process improvements 545 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:16,680 through interdepartmental development services team meetings, updates and implementation 546 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:22,820 of applications, forms, handouts that assist the application in success and 547 00:43:23,380 --> 00:43:28,520 re-instituting a pre-application process for applicants. Laura Trafensted, 548 00:43:28,860 --> 00:43:31,760 Associate Planner and Lead of the Development Services Coordination 549 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,260 Committee, will now provide you an overview of some of these process 550 00:43:35,260 --> 00:43:36,320 improvement accomplishments. 551 00:43:41,090 --> 00:43:44,130 Good evening Mayor and Council. My name is Laura 552 00:43:44,130 --> 00:43:48,150 Trafensted. I'm an Associate Planner in the Community Development Department. 553 00:43:48,150 --> 00:43:53,630 Over the past year, building, engineering, fire, and planning staff have been working 554 00:43:53,630 --> 00:43:57,870 hard to begin implementing the recommendations that were brought to you all last year. 555 00:43:58,630 --> 00:44:03,130 Tonight, I'm excited to share with you some of our progress for process improvement, 556 00:44:03,610 --> 00:44:08,010 and later in the presentation, my colleague, Kristin Flores, will be sharing with you 557 00:44:08,010 --> 00:44:11,130 some of our customer service recommendation accomplishments as well. 558 00:44:11,130 --> 00:44:18,170 A main highlight of our progress thus far is our electronic plan review portal, MainStar. 559 00:44:18,610 --> 00:44:23,950 Our MainStar portal is up and running and has become the hub for all permit transactions. 560 00:44:24,750 --> 00:44:30,130 All building, engineering and fire applications are now accepted in the MainStar portal. 561 00:44:30,850 --> 00:44:38,590 The portal allows applicants to submit plans, pay permit fees, track past and current permit records, 562 00:44:38,590 --> 00:44:40,310 and request inspections. 563 00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:44,430 Applicants can also track plan review status through their account 564 00:44:44,430 --> 00:44:47,790 and get notified when a project moves forward in the workflow. 565 00:44:48,490 --> 00:44:52,650 These notifications are sent to both the property owner and their permit agent. 566 00:44:53,550 --> 00:44:58,810 Applicants can even view an interactive map showing the locations of active projects, 567 00:44:58,810 --> 00:44:59,870 which my colleague, Chris. 568 00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:10,030 We're also very excited about the city's new Instant Residential Rooftop Solar Permitting 569 00:45:10,030 --> 00:45:16,570 process. This new process was made possible by our new Solar Permit Application Platform 570 00:45:16,570 --> 00:45:24,650 Symbium. Applicants may now easily apply for Instant Residential Rooftop Solar Permits. Qualifying 571 00:45:24,650 --> 00:45:29,730 projects will receive their approval documents through Symbium, and permits can be issued 572 00:45:29,730 --> 00:45:34,510 instantly through the main star portal. Pulling a residential solar permit is now 573 00:45:34,510 --> 00:45:41,130 an easy process that takes only 10 to 15 minutes. To allow more efficient and 574 00:45:41,130 --> 00:45:45,430 effective permit application reviews, City Council appropriated funds to 575 00:45:45,430 --> 00:45:49,050 provide network and technology upgrades for staff in the Community 576 00:45:49,050 --> 00:45:54,490 Development Department and Public Works Engineering Division. That included the 577 00:45:54,490 --> 00:45:59,050 purchase of larger monitors for plan review, computers with improved 578 00:45:59,050 --> 00:46:05,370 processing speeds for electronic files and back-end network hardware to provide additional capacity. 579 00:46:08,250 --> 00:46:14,650 At the February 20, 2023 Council meeting, City Council also approved the addition of two new 580 00:46:14,650 --> 00:46:19,450 positions, an engineering technician and an information technology specialist. 581 00:46:20,290 --> 00:46:25,890 These positions were filled through recruitment in 2023. The additional staffing has resulted 582 00:46:25,890 --> 00:46:31,810 and improved turnaround times for engineering projects and a faster software implementation schedule. 583 00:46:34,010 --> 00:46:36,830 Staff is committed to continuous process improvement. 584 00:46:37,650 --> 00:46:42,970 Development services staff, including building, engineering, fire, and planning, 585 00:46:43,510 --> 00:46:47,950 meet every other Monday to discuss specific projects and strengthen communication 586 00:46:47,950 --> 00:46:50,290 and coordination between departments. 587 00:46:51,270 --> 00:46:54,570 Through these Development Services Coordination Committee meetings, 588 00:46:54,570 --> 00:47:00,030 We have been able to complete several of the recommendations that we are presenting to you tonight. 589 00:47:00,450 --> 00:47:06,990 And we are continually working towards completing additional recommendations and identifying process improvements together. 590 00:47:10,540 --> 00:47:17,700 A primary effort of the Development Services Coordination Committee has been to update the community development web page on the city website. 591 00:47:17,700 --> 00:47:23,660 site. This includes updates to applications, forms, and handouts, and the development of 592 00:47:23,660 --> 00:47:29,680 information guides to assist applicants with a variety of permit processes. Staff has evaluated 593 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:35,020 best practices from other cities across the county, and we are currently working on implementing 594 00:47:35,020 --> 00:47:41,480 a new website format with updated applications, forms, checklists, and information guides 595 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:46,360 in the upcoming year. These recommendations accomplish all five themes that we brought 596 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:52,660 up earlier and would improve predictability for customers, provide comprehensive information, 597 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:58,440 proactive communication, and faster turnaround times by front-loading the information. 598 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:06,300 Staff has also reinstituted the Pre-Application Development Review Committee meetings with 599 00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:12,460 applicants to establish expectations and ensure projects are feasible prior to submitting. 600 00:48:12,460 --> 00:48:18,560 By inviting customers to meetings to discuss projects early in the process, staff is able 601 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:24,180 to provide greater predictability and give customers a clear understanding of what the 602 00:48:24,180 --> 00:48:29,320 requirements for their project will be, what a complete application submittal looks like, 603 00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:35,840 how the review process will work, how long the process will take, and their responsibilities 604 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:37,720 to ensure the process works well. 605 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:43,200 This includes the responsibilities of their architect, engineer, and or contractor. 606 00:48:44,140 --> 00:48:49,460 Since re-initiating this process last February, several projects have utilized this opportunity. 607 00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:59,280 Staff has received feedback from the developers that these meetings have been extremely beneficial and helpful as they navigate new development projects in La Mesa. 608 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:04,740 And now, Kristen Flores, Management Analyst for the Community Development Department will 609 00:49:04,740 --> 00:49:07,820 provide an overview of some of our customer service accomplishments. 610 00:49:14,820 --> 00:49:15,450 Thank you, Laura. 611 00:49:16,470 --> 00:49:18,610 Good evening, Mayor and members of Council. 612 00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:20,430 My name is Kristen Flores. 613 00:49:20,870 --> 00:49:24,950 I'm the Management Analyst for the Community Development Department here at the City of 614 00:49:24,950 --> 00:49:25,330 La Mesa. 615 00:49:26,310 --> 00:49:31,730 As Laura stated earlier, staff has worked hard over the past year to implement the 616 00:49:31,730 --> 00:49:36,210 recommendations that were brought forward to council last year and before we move 617 00:49:36,210 --> 00:49:40,310 on with the presentation we want to thank you all for your continuous support 618 00:49:40,310 --> 00:49:44,710 as we implement these improvements and also for helping the department connect 619 00:49:44,710 --> 00:49:49,790 more with the community. So tonight I will go over some important customer 620 00:49:49,790 --> 00:49:53,490 service priority recommendations that have been implemented or that are 621 00:49:53,490 --> 00:49:58,430 currently underway. These recommendations include the completion of the 622 00:49:58,430 --> 00:50:05,510 accessory dwelling unit guidebook, the initiation of a community workshop series, curation of 623 00:50:05,510 --> 00:50:12,970 tutorial videos for applicants to reference, regular updates to the city website, and improved 624 00:50:12,970 --> 00:50:16,850 methods of communication between the city and project applicants. 625 00:50:17,750 --> 00:50:20,870 I will now provide you with an overview of each of these accomplishments. 626 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:29,380 In February of 2023, the City of La Mesa updated the local ADU ordinance to further 627 00:50:29,380 --> 00:50:35,980 aligned with the state ADU law. In March of 2023, the city published an ADU guidebook 628 00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:42,940 and FAQ to help guide homeowners who are looking to build an ADU. The guidebook answers common 629 00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:49,320 questions about the design, permitting, construction, and property management process for ADUs, 630 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:54,400 and also discusses the factors that should be considered when making the decision to 631 00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:59,860 construct an ADU. The adoption of the ADU guidebook further demonstrates the 632 00:50:59,860 --> 00:51:03,940 city's commitment to providing increased affordable housing options in the 633 00:51:03,940 --> 00:51:07,560 City of La Mesa and assist in meeting the city's housing element 634 00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:08,860 implementation program. 635 00:51:14,660 --> 00:51:17,660 The Baker-Tilly Best Practice Research found that the 636 00:51:17,660 --> 00:51:22,200 City of La Mesa processes twice the number of ADUs compared to pure cities. 637 00:51:22,980 --> 00:51:28,640 Since 2022, the City of La Mesa has received approximately 230 ADU 638 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:36,760 applications with 165 ADUs issued to date. An important goal for the department was to 639 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:41,340 deliver quick and consistent turnaround times for reviews of accessory dwelling units. 640 00:51:42,020 --> 00:51:48,560 In 2023, the average time frame for first review on an ADU was approximately 18 days 641 00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:55,520 and 91% of first reviews were completed within the city's goal of 30 days. Beginning 642 00:51:55,520 --> 00:52:00,760 Beginning in July of 2022, the City Council approved an exception to the cost recovery 643 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:06,180 policy for the building fee schedule to create a fee waiver program that would waive the 644 00:52:06,180 --> 00:52:12,760 initial $2,000 of incurred city fees for ADU and junior ADU permit applications. 645 00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:18,620 To date, the city has waived almost $255,000 in ADU permit fees. 646 00:52:21,930 --> 00:52:27,190 On October 17, the Community Development Department kickstarted the Community Workshop 647 00:52:27,190 --> 00:52:32,810 series with the hosting of an open house. This was essentially a meet and greet 648 00:52:32,810 --> 00:52:37,870 that included the city manager and the community development director. It was 649 00:52:37,870 --> 00:52:42,030 also an opportunity to inform the community on a variety of community 650 00:52:42,030 --> 00:52:46,890 development efforts and projects that are underway. Here we have a short video 651 00:52:46,890 --> 00:52:50,670 that shows some of the highlights of the open house which was posted on the 652 00:52:50,670 --> 00:52:51,910 city's Instagram account. 653 00:53:18,220 --> 00:53:21,340 For the open house we created flyers to inform 654 00:53:21,340 --> 00:53:26,280 folks of projects we will be commencing or that are already underway such as our 655 00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,420 downtown village specific plan and exploring the expansion of outdoor 656 00:53:30,420 --> 00:53:36,520 dining opportunities. We also provided information about our code compliance 657 00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:41,380 program such as information on how one can submit a request and a list of 658 00:53:41,380 --> 00:53:42,320 helpful resources. 659 00:53:46,490 --> 00:53:49,990 Lastly we created a handout to guide people to our new 660 00:53:49,990 --> 00:53:54,350 permit portal main star and had computers on site to walk folks through 661 00:53:54,350 --> 00:54:00,450 main star in real-time. Staff even created QR codes for each topic area so 662 00:54:00,450 --> 00:54:05,910 folks could access information in person in real-time. Overall this was a 663 00:54:05,910 --> 00:54:10,090 successful outreach effort with more than 30 people in attendance and we are 664 00:54:10,090 --> 00:54:12,790 hoping to host more community workshops in the near future. 665 00:54:15,250 --> 00:54:15,910 We are 666 00:54:15,910 --> 00:54:20,510 excited to share that the city has initiated a how-to video series that so 667 00:54:20,510 --> 00:54:25,430 far includes how to navigate the main star portal, how to apply for an 668 00:54:25,430 --> 00:54:31,990 instant residential solar permit and how to create a main star account. Our goal 669 00:54:31,990 --> 00:54:36,390 is to build a video series that will serve as a useful tool for onboarding 670 00:54:36,390 --> 00:54:38,390 new staff members and commissioners. 671 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:44,800 There are a variety of ways for the 672 00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:49,960 community to stay informed on various development projects in the city. For 673 00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:54,780 example, on the city website the community development webpage includes an 674 00:54:54,780 --> 00:55:00,960 Development Project page that provides a comprehensive list of proposed new 675 00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:06,300 multi-family or new commercial development projects as well as a map that 676 00:55:06,300 --> 00:55:11,600 shows where those projects are located. This page is updated once a month 677 00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:15,060 as the planning division is constantly accepting new applications. 678 00:55:17,310 --> 00:55:17,710 The Main 679 00:55:17,710 --> 00:55:21,890 Star public portal includes a new map feature which is linked to the city's 680 00:55:21,890 --> 00:55:27,750 GIS maps. This resource allows the public to view properties with active applications 681 00:55:27,750 --> 00:55:34,510 and permits in real time. It also shows all recent permits on that property and specific 682 00:55:34,510 --> 00:55:41,770 details for each permit. The green dots indicate lots with issued or finalized permits and 683 00:55:41,770 --> 00:55:47,610 the red dots indicate lots with projects that are still under review. Residents and 684 00:55:47,610 --> 00:55:52,350 and potential applicants may also utilize the Notify Me function on the city website. 685 00:55:53,290 --> 00:55:58,930 Those who subscribe will receive notifications when the city posts meeting information and 686 00:55:58,930 --> 00:56:00,530 releases various news updates. 687 00:56:07,930 --> 00:56:12,150 The department is always aiming to improve the plan review process for the applicant 688 00:56:12,150 --> 00:56:16,830 and by improve we mean get the applicant from submittal to approval as quickly as 689 00:56:16,830 --> 00:56:17,270 possible. 690 00:56:18,190 --> 00:56:22,490 An important change we made was to have the Mainsar system notify all parties 691 00:56:22,490 --> 00:56:29,390 involved, including the owner, applicant, design professional, and contractor. This will ensure 692 00:56:29,390 --> 00:56:33,750 that all stakeholders are informed each time the project progresses through the workflow. 693 00:56:34,930 --> 00:56:40,650 To prevent any possible delays during plan check, reviewers are now contacting applicants after 694 00:56:40,650 --> 00:56:46,290 the second review cycle to review the comments with the applicant to make sure that they have 695 00:56:46,290 --> 00:56:49,750 all the information they need to get an approval on the next round of review. 696 00:56:52,540 --> 00:56:57,160 Another huge accomplishment is the department's improved method of 697 00:56:57,160 --> 00:57:02,060 tracking and data collection. The main star staff portal can now generate a 698 00:57:02,060 --> 00:57:07,140 report that shows the full permit process from start to finish. This report 699 00:57:07,140 --> 00:57:10,840 tracks how long the project is in review with staff as well as how long 700 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:16,200 it takes the applicant to revise plans and resubmit. We can query by 701 00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:21,580 when one applied the number of review cycles, we can see when plans were 702 00:57:21,580 --> 00:57:28,140 routed, when the review was completed, how long the review took, when comments were sent 703 00:57:28,140 --> 00:57:31,980 to the applicant, and each time the applicant resubmits. 704 00:57:33,540 --> 00:57:39,020 This data provides useful metrics to track average permit processing times and locate 705 00:57:39,020 --> 00:57:43,980 areas of improvement and also assists in more predictability for customers. 706 00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:48,920 As a common question we receive is how long does the permit process take? 707 00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:54,260 This report has helped staff calculate average timeframes at each step of the 708 00:57:54,260 --> 00:57:59,040 plan review workflow. For example accessory dwelling units go through an 709 00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:05,580 average of two review cycles with the first review averaging 18 days and the 710 00:58:05,580 --> 00:58:11,600 second review averaging 14 days. After first review it takes the applicant 711 00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:18,040 an average of 65 days to resubmit. After second review it takes the 712 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:21,180 applicant an average of 21 days to resubmit. 713 00:58:25,570 --> 00:58:27,270 A new customer survey is now 714 00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:32,630 available in the Mainstar portal. This allows applicants to provide feedback on 715 00:58:32,630 --> 00:58:38,750 the application process, portal interface, and interactions with staff. The 716 00:58:38,750 --> 00:58:42,990 survey is important as it identifies portions of the process that will that 717 00:58:42,990 --> 00:58:46,610 work well and portions that can be more efficient not only for the 718 00:58:46,610 --> 00:58:52,730 applicant but for city staff. Our goal is to use it to use all feedback as 719 00:58:52,730 --> 00:58:57,990 building blocks for improvement. Once an applicant receives an email that their 720 00:58:57,990 --> 00:59:02,650 permit is issued, a direct link to the survey will be embedded into the same 721 00:59:02,650 --> 00:59:05,710 email giving the applicant quick access to the survey. 722 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:13,200 Thank you Kristen 723 00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:17,620 and Laura. As you can see staff continues to be committed to our 724 00:59:17,620 --> 00:59:24,460 customer service motto creating a shared culture of success. This motto represents the commitment 725 00:59:24,460 --> 00:59:30,460 to a collaboration between city staff, executive management, city commissions, our customers, 726 00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:39,040 the community, and you, the council members. To successfully meet the city's strategic 727 00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:45,200 goals of maintaining a community where residents and visitors feel safe and promoting a high 728 00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:49,580 quality of life that current and future generations can afford to call home. 729 00:59:50,300 --> 00:59:52,840 So we wanted to thank you again for your support. 730 00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:59,800 Staff appreciates how each one of you has graciously assisted 731 01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:25,760 Thank you so much to all three of you for the presentation. I cannot tell you how comprehensive 732 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:33,900 intensive. This is, and I'm very excited to see it. I hope Laura feels the same. There 733 01:00:33,900 --> 01:00:41,500 were a lot of questions about how we could make this smoother and better, and it just 734 01:00:41,500 --> 01:00:45,940 seemed like you just covered everything. I mean, maybe something's missing, but I'm 735 01:00:45,940 --> 01:00:52,040 not trying to be picky because I'm so excited to hear about all of the items along the 736 01:00:52,040 --> 01:01:00,840 way that you covered and it is very comprehensive and I really appreciate that because we did 737 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:08,040 have, I think when Laura and I started working together on this, we had some frustrated constituents 738 01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:17,760 that just had issues and I also learned just actually this week, I think it was 739 01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:28,240 Lynn that told me that we have someone that's applied for Laura and I to review, and that 740 01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:39,820 there was a process in place that maybe when they put in the request that someone from planning 741 01:01:39,820 --> 01:01:45,600 would be reaching out to them to see if they could resolve the issue before actually coming 742 01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:57,180 before Laura and myself. So that too is also just a great idea to see if they can actually 743 01:01:57,180 --> 01:02:04,720 solve the issue before having to go through that whole process. So I really love everything 744 01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:11,600 that I saw and I really appreciate all the organization and comprehensive thought that 745 01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:14,700 that was put into every, this whole process. 746 01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:15,880 So thank you so much. 747 01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:16,720 Thank you. 748 01:02:17,100 --> 01:02:19,140 Council member, I mean vice mayor, sorry. 749 01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,740 Hi, I hear that parts of, 750 01:02:21,740 --> 01:02:24,540 some parts of San Diego County have ADU blueprints, 751 01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:26,060 plan A, plan B, plan C. 752 01:02:26,540 --> 01:02:27,520 We don't have that yet, right? 753 01:02:28,540 --> 01:02:32,180 We do not, but it is something that we're looking into. 754 01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:34,860 Most certainly, I think what's helpful for us 755 01:02:34,860 --> 01:02:37,080 is the data and success from the other jurisdictions 756 01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:38,620 that have implemented that. 757 01:02:39,620 --> 01:02:44,720 Not every case fits into our community, but we're trying to find a balance there. 758 01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:50,940 And then also the data report that we provided to you, that's also helpful for so we can 759 01:02:50,940 --> 01:02:56,700 see where those log jams are and if that type of process would be of assistance to our 760 01:02:56,700 --> 01:02:57,540 community members. 761 01:02:58,000 --> 01:02:58,120 Okay. 762 01:02:58,220 --> 01:02:58,740 And the second thing. 763 01:02:58,840 --> 01:02:59,620 Do you think that you guys? 764 01:02:59,740 --> 01:03:00,680 Can I jump in there real quick? 765 01:03:01,100 --> 01:03:06,660 If a resident brings in an ADU blueprint from another community, we will take it 766 01:03:06,660 --> 01:03:06,760 off. 767 01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:08,460 Oh, okay, awesome, okay. 768 01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:11,020 And then real quick, the number one complaint 769 01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:13,340 I've ever heard from an ADU person or a business 770 01:03:13,820 --> 01:03:17,420 is they get corrections, they do the corrections, 771 01:03:17,620 --> 01:03:19,260 they come back and it's a new set of corrections. 772 01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:20,840 How do you feel like you've tackled that? 773 01:03:21,940 --> 01:03:25,040 Certainly, again, the data is really helpful 774 01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:29,180 for us to understand where those bottlenecks are. 775 01:03:29,580 --> 01:03:31,860 We're continuing to analyze that. 776 01:03:32,300 --> 01:03:35,900 And I think oftentimes it's a matter 777 01:03:35,900 --> 01:03:40,780 of us sitting down with the applicant, they may think that they met the condition, but 778 01:03:40,780 --> 01:03:45,960 sometimes they provide us the information, which then begets the need for more information, 779 01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:50,540 if that makes sense, because we didn't have the information up front that once they do 780 01:03:50,540 --> 01:03:55,480 provide us the information, then that results in further questions. That's why at that second 781 01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:59,580 review cycle, we want to sit down with applicants and actually walk through it so that we 782 01:03:59,580 --> 01:04:00,680 don't have that back and forth. 783 01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:07,880 any other questions or comments council member parent yeah thanks very much for 784 01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:17,580 this presentation I wanted to highlight my appreciation of sharing the many many 785 01:04:17,580 --> 01:04:21,140 channels by which the city makes available information about pending 786 01:04:21,140 --> 01:04:26,880 applications and those sorts of things I think that map is really terrific it's 787 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:37,220 well-maintained, has a lot of great information on it, and also the diversity of ways that 788 01:04:37,220 --> 01:04:41,380 people can sign up for agenda materials for planning commission, design review board and 789 01:04:41,380 --> 01:04:41,980 all these other things. 790 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:48,180 These things have been in place in La Mesa for a while now, but I think they're reflective 791 01:04:48,180 --> 01:04:53,960 of the city staff's long-standing efforts to make this kind of information available 792 01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:58,720 to the public. And so I appreciate that. You know, whenever there's a controversial project 793 01:04:58,720 --> 01:05:03,660 that comes forward, whether it's a housing project or a bike lane or anything like that, 794 01:05:03,820 --> 01:05:08,340 people, it's inevitable in any local government, not just LaMesa, people say, why didn't I 795 01:05:08,340 --> 01:05:12,100 hear about this? Right? I was like, well, okay, well, fair enough. Like, you know, we're 796 01:05:12,100 --> 01:05:18,040 not going to knock on everyone's door and sit down with them. But we are going, 797 01:05:18,280 --> 01:05:23,520 I think, really above and beyond even of our sophisticated peer jurisdictions to 798 01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:25,360 make that information available and so I think that's terrific. 799 01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:32,860 I also want to recognize the high production of ADUs 800 01:05:32,860 --> 01:05:34,260 compared to our peer cities. 801 01:05:34,900 --> 01:05:37,980 I've been digging into some of that data myself recently, 802 01:05:38,100 --> 01:05:39,400 and I think that is something we absolutely 803 01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:40,200 should be proud of. 804 01:05:40,620 --> 01:05:42,260 The whole number of ADUs that we're permitting 805 01:05:42,260 --> 01:05:44,380 are not as big as maybe, say, the city of San Diego. 806 01:05:44,780 --> 01:05:47,820 But I'm told it's a larger jurisdiction 807 01:05:47,820 --> 01:05:51,520 than the city of La Mesa, but our rate of entitlement 808 01:05:51,520 --> 01:05:57,220 per capita is I think higher than theirs and they've been getting a lot of attention nationally 809 01:05:57,220 --> 01:06:04,400 for their policy but it turns out maybe ours is better. So I want to just recognize that 810 01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:11,520 from the staff and also for the council who voted to adopt rules that made those things 811 01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:15,860 more easier to achieve for homeowners and property owners. So that's something I think 812 01:06:15,860 --> 01:06:21,180 we can be proud of and look forward to continuing to improve those processes so 813 01:06:21,180 --> 01:06:24,160 and homeowners were able to build those extra units 814 01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:24,860 if that's what they want. 815 01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:25,800 Thank you. 816 01:06:27,420 --> 01:06:28,400 Council Member Hsu. 817 01:06:29,080 --> 01:06:31,580 Mayor, with regards to the ADUs, 818 01:06:32,420 --> 01:06:34,460 I had asked this question at, I guess, the workshop 819 01:06:34,460 --> 01:06:37,460 I had for the ADU handbook. 820 01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:40,500 Is there a way we can do a quick survey 821 01:06:40,500 --> 01:06:42,460 of a small number, maybe a random number, 822 01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:46,440 of the 165 that were permitted to see where they are 823 01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:51,440 and who ended up staying or using those 80 units. 824 01:06:52,540 --> 01:06:54,300 The initial idea from my understanding 825 01:06:54,300 --> 01:06:56,700 is that we wanted to address the housing crisis 826 01:06:57,240 --> 01:07:02,680 as best we can with little in terms of funding, 827 01:07:02,700 --> 01:07:05,640 but also to accommodate homeowners 828 01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:08,000 that wanted to expand some housing availability 829 01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:08,860 in our community. 830 01:07:09,740 --> 01:07:13,860 So I'm kind of curious who's using the ADUs, 831 01:07:13,860 --> 01:07:18,860 how many of them being occupied so that we can have some comparables with other ways of 832 01:07:18,860 --> 01:07:25,400 improving housing. I think it's really commendable that we process many of them and of course 833 01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:30,340 waiving the fees was one of our ways to encourage that to happen. So I'm really glad that we 834 01:07:30,340 --> 01:07:35,960 have that success. As well as the other information online, I did go to the website and looked 835 01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:41,060 at many projects and of course looked at my neighborhood and saw what was happening 836 01:07:41,060 --> 01:07:42,600 happening on my local streets. 837 01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:45,340 So I thought that was a great tool to have. 838 01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:50,640 It's really neat that we have that 204 of our residents. 839 01:07:52,980 --> 01:07:54,880 I wanna give you a quick story, 840 01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:58,640 but maybe not associated with the premise 841 01:07:58,640 --> 01:08:01,160 that all of you are handling it in terms of building. 842 01:08:01,900 --> 01:08:06,820 But recently I went to opening for one of our new 843 01:08:06,820 --> 01:08:12,760 to restaurants, actually it's just a remake of what used to be Sammy's Pizza, but now it's 844 01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,660 a different establishment that provides brunches. 845 01:08:16,620 --> 01:08:25,420 And I ended up talking to one of their corporate managers who had to apply for a alcohol permit, 846 01:08:25,900 --> 01:08:26,980 alcohol serving permit. 847 01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:33,460 And to make the long story short, she simply said, we are much better than that large 848 01:08:33,460 --> 01:08:34,420 city next to us. 849 01:08:35,100 --> 01:08:39,380 There, it took them many, many weeks and all kinds of hurdles, and they came to see if 850 01:08:39,380 --> 01:08:44,120 we made some guidance and got the permit and walked out that it was like much, much easier. 851 01:08:44,360 --> 01:08:48,580 And I think that's the kind of reputation we have, and I hope we continue to have. 852 01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:51,760 Thank you. 853 01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:54,860 I have just 57 questions. 854 01:08:55,380 --> 01:08:55,820 I'll take them. 855 01:08:55,980 --> 01:08:56,680 I'm just kidding. 856 01:08:56,960 --> 01:08:58,060 Thank you very much for your report. 857 01:09:01,070 --> 01:09:02,670 Next on the agenda is public comment. 858 01:09:02,810 --> 01:09:03,490 Any hands raised? 859 01:09:04,290 --> 01:09:04,730 No, Mayor. 860 01:09:05,070 --> 01:09:05,450 All right. 861 01:09:05,450 --> 01:09:09,330 We have in one public comment, Brenda Hammond, 862 01:09:09,570 --> 01:09:10,470 would you please come up? 863 01:09:11,910 --> 01:09:14,090 Those are all for 10 to eight, okay. 864 01:09:19,300 --> 01:09:19,640 Good evening. 865 01:09:20,540 --> 01:09:22,940 Hi, so quiet tonight. 866 01:09:26,940 --> 01:09:30,040 Great, our city attorney, I mean not city attorney, 867 01:09:30,300 --> 01:09:32,840 city manager took the words out of my mouth 868 01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:34,640 when the storm yesterday was, 869 01:09:35,700 --> 01:09:38,340 I just saw all these people coming together and helping, 870 01:09:38,340 --> 01:09:43,480 But there's some people that maybe you guys left out and other people have. 871 01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:47,340 The homeless were out there helping people. 872 01:09:48,060 --> 01:09:52,140 They were out there getting people out of the water, helping them push out of puddles. 873 01:09:53,980 --> 01:09:56,800 So I think they should get a little more respect. 874 01:09:57,440 --> 01:10:01,600 So when you're out there on Thursday counting us homeless people, 875 01:10:02,180 --> 01:10:06,700 show some respect for them because maybe you might get some back. 876 01:10:07,420 --> 01:10:17,760 and since I have some time left, good news. I haven't, I and people that look like me, 877 01:10:18,020 --> 01:10:25,880 if I can use that term everybody else does, I haven't been physically assaulted by those 878 01:10:28,060 --> 01:10:36,920 women but verbally it's getting worse and I think it's because the elections 879 01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:42,680 are coming up and I don't appreciate some of the stuff and neither do some other 880 01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:50,540 people that I know being called a white girl. I'm bohemian, German and a little 881 01:10:50,540 --> 01:10:59,880 bit of other European countries. So does that make me a white girl? My friend that we always 882 01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:05,580 go to council meetings together said, oh that makes me a cracker. So just some humor there. 883 01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:13,040 I don't like when people talk about the color of their skin, that they're better, oh people 884 01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:17,880 of color. I mean give me a break, white is a color too so please, when you're out 885 01:11:17,880 --> 01:11:22,760 they're counting those people whether they're white, black, brown, show some 886 01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:28,100 respect for them because they're not all drug addicts and they're not all 887 01:11:28,100 --> 01:11:33,820 alcoholics and they don't all have a mental illness and as far as them out 888 01:11:33,820 --> 01:11:36,980 they're helping people they're not afraid to get their hair wet or their 889 01:11:36,980 --> 01:11:42,400 makeup messed up or their cars messed up they're out there to help people so 890 01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:49,800 please show them some respect. Thank you. And me. Next on the agenda is conflict 891 01:11:49,800 --> 01:11:54,260 exposures. Anyone from council? Item number eight is board and commissions 892 01:11:54,260 --> 01:11:58,200 interviews, interview and application for an unscheduled vacancy on the Arts and 893 01:11:58,200 --> 01:11:59,860 Culture Commission. Ms. Weigelman. 894 01:12:02,940 --> 01:12:04,580 Honorable Mayor and Council, the 895 01:12:04,580 --> 01:12:08,520 interviews that are being conducted this evening is to fill an 896 01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:12,240 unscheduled vacancy on the Arts and Culture Commission. Unfortunately the 897 01:12:12,240 --> 01:12:16,580 applicants were invited to attend the meeting this evening, make a brief 898 01:12:16,580 --> 01:12:20,160 presentation describing their qualifications and interests in serving 899 01:12:20,160 --> 01:12:24,660 our community. Unfortunately both applicants had sent their regrets that 900 01:12:24,660 --> 01:12:28,420 they are not able to attend the meeting due to a prayer commitment but they 901 01:12:28,420 --> 01:12:32,600 have both expressed interest in being appointed and the appointment will be 902 01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:36,120 made at the council meeting on Tuesday February 13th and that concludes my 903 01:12:36,120 --> 01:12:37,040 report for this item. 904 01:12:37,460 --> 01:12:37,820 Thank you. 905 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:39,680 Item number 8-2, 906 01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:43,400 thank you. 907 01:12:44,580 --> 01:12:45,300 Thank you. 908 01:12:45,460 --> 01:12:45,780 Same thing. 909 01:12:47,220 --> 01:12:50,680 Honorable Mayor and Council, this interview being conducted this evening is to fill an 910 01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:52,940 unscheduled vacancy on the design review board. 911 01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:58,100 The applicant has been invited to attend the meeting to give a brief presentation describing 912 01:12:58,100 --> 01:13:00,780 their qualifications and interests in serving the community. 913 01:13:01,380 --> 01:13:04,660 And the appointment, again, will be made at the February 13th meeting. 914 01:13:04,660 --> 01:13:11,920 I'll now call Allison Marita forward and after their presentation you may ask questions if you wish. Is Allison here? 915 01:13:18,530 --> 01:13:19,670 I appreciate your resolve. 916 01:13:20,850 --> 01:13:22,970 Good evening. Thank you. 917 01:13:24,250 --> 01:13:30,070 My name is Allison Marita. I am an architect and principal at Delaware Architects located in San Diego 918 01:13:30,690 --> 01:13:39,550 and more importantly, I'm a resident here at La Mesa with a few blocks away from Sprouts down the street from Collier Park. I 919 01:13:39,550 --> 01:13:40,970 I used to be heavily involved with 920 01:13:40,970 --> 01:13:43,670 the A.I. American Institute of Architects, San Diego, 921 01:13:44,550 --> 01:13:47,050 American Institute Architects of California Council, 922 01:13:47,470 --> 01:13:51,050 and then also the national, A.I.A. National, 923 01:13:51,570 --> 01:13:53,130 and then kind of took a step back 924 01:13:53,130 --> 01:13:55,010 on some of my community involvement with that, 925 01:13:55,230 --> 01:13:57,570 and just really looking forward to 926 01:13:58,350 --> 01:14:01,150 trying to help the community here in La Mesa. 927 01:14:02,550 --> 01:14:04,270 I moved out here with my husband 928 01:14:04,270 --> 01:14:06,110 when I was pregnant in 2015, 929 01:14:06,110 --> 01:14:12,970 and just been very very happy here. My daughter went to Gray Rabbit, she's at 930 01:14:12,970 --> 01:14:18,110 Lemon Avenue Elementary right now, and it's just amazing to see the different 931 01:14:19,670 --> 01:14:25,110 the growth that's been happening here and the amount of events, you know, the 932 01:14:25,110 --> 01:14:31,290 farmers market down in the village, the village tile signs, and I feel like I 933 01:14:31,290 --> 01:14:34,510 that could help out with the design review committee, 934 01:14:34,830 --> 01:14:37,350 especially as an architect and being on the other side 935 01:14:37,350 --> 01:14:39,930 where we're presenting the design review to certain boards. 936 01:14:40,270 --> 01:14:41,830 So I understand kind of the, 937 01:14:42,250 --> 01:14:44,410 all the work that goes into putting together 938 01:14:44,410 --> 01:14:45,690 those packages for review 939 01:14:46,210 --> 01:14:48,870 and being consistent and fair with comments. 940 01:14:50,490 --> 01:14:50,910 Thank you. 941 01:14:51,070 --> 01:14:51,850 Appreciate your consideration. 942 01:14:52,190 --> 01:14:56,610 I hope you like the, call your park project. 943 01:14:56,930 --> 01:14:57,750 We're so excited. 944 01:14:58,030 --> 01:14:58,390 Yeah, yeah. 945 01:14:58,530 --> 01:14:59,170 All right. 946 01:14:59,270 --> 01:14:59,950 Well, thank you for... 947 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:00,940 Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you. 948 01:15:01,380 --> 01:15:03,620 That concludes the interviews. Thank you, Allison. 949 01:15:05,380 --> 01:15:09,980 Next, number nine, public comments on consent calendar. Are there any hands raised? 950 01:15:10,260 --> 01:15:10,520 No, ma'am. 951 01:15:10,580 --> 01:15:19,500 We have two, and I will. Melissa Weiss, followed by Mickey Monrath. Good evening. 952 01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:25,460 Good evening. Hi, council. How's everybody doing? I am Melissa Weiss. 953 01:15:25,460 --> 01:15:35,780 I am super excited about agenda item 10.5, the resolution approving funds for public art projects. 954 01:15:36,940 --> 01:15:44,280 As a commissioner on the arts and culture commission, it has been a very interesting and very long, 955 01:15:44,460 --> 01:15:49,140 super long experience to bring these first projects to everybody. 956 01:15:50,980 --> 01:15:59,100 The projects that are being brought forth are in response to a community survey that we put out to our neighbors. 957 01:15:59,980 --> 01:16:04,940 One of the main things the community asked for were more murals to beautify La Mesa. 958 01:16:06,300 --> 01:16:12,640 Murals not only add visual interest to the neighborhood, but they also allow for cultural expression, 959 01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:21,640 in, provide jobs to artists, which is often a demographic that is low income. I have been 960 01:16:21,640 --> 01:16:28,340 in that position before as an artist, so speaking from experience. And murals are an important 961 01:16:28,340 --> 01:16:33,740 element that provides safety by discouraging graffiti and dumping, bringing a greater 962 01:16:33,740 --> 01:16:35,860 sense of pride to LaMesa. 963 01:16:36,860 --> 01:16:43,880 council member parent. You mentioned at a previous council meeting, being super impressed 964 01:16:43,880 --> 01:16:50,060 by all the murals in San Francisco, and expressing a desire to see something similar for LaMesa. 965 01:16:50,580 --> 01:16:56,600 And I absolutely feel the same as you do, and I hope that the rest of the council feels 966 01:16:56,600 --> 01:17:04,540 similarly. And so I am here today to enthusiastically encourage you to each approve agenda item 967 01:17:04,540 --> 01:17:09,220 Item 10.5, the resolution approving funds for public art projects. 968 01:17:09,980 --> 01:17:10,780 Thank you. 969 01:17:11,660 --> 01:17:13,580 Next speaker is Mickey Monorath, 970 01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:18,700 the same item. 971 01:17:19,560 --> 01:17:19,940 Yes. 972 01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:21,980 Yes. 973 01:17:23,420 --> 01:17:27,380 Excuse my nervousness, this is my first time addressing council in person. 974 01:17:28,480 --> 01:17:33,240 Yes, I'm referring to item 10.5, funds for public arts projects. 975 01:17:34,740 --> 01:17:40,640 So, in La Mesa, I'm the owner of a performing arts business, the director of a performing 976 01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:46,040 arts-based non-profit, and I'm also the vice chair of the La Mesa Arts and Culture Commission. 977 01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:53,680 So about two and a half years ago, City Council demonstrated their support for the arts and 978 01:17:53,680 --> 01:17:58,260 culture by passing a resolution to form the Arts and Culture Commission. 979 01:17:58,260 --> 01:18:04,600 So tonight on the Consent Calendar, there's a resolution to fund some public arts projects tonight. 980 01:18:05,600 --> 01:18:12,920 I asked the council to please continue to demonstrate that support and approve the funding for these projects. 981 01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:18,940 It would make six specific commissioners very happy if you did. 982 01:18:21,900 --> 01:18:25,040 So if these projects are funded tonight, 983 01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:31,840 So, I additionally asked the City Council to please go a little further and please again 984 01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:37,480 demonstrate that support by requesting and funding more of these types of arts projects. 985 01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:42,980 Please find a way to carve out regular funding for the arts and culture. 986 01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:51,460 Give it the opportunity to show how it can fully align with a newly adopted city 987 01:18:51,460 --> 01:18:52,420 strategic plan. 988 01:18:53,660 --> 01:19:00,660 I feel it can meet the mission to deliver high quality public services that enhance the quality of life for all. 989 01:19:01,460 --> 01:19:04,740 It can embody all five of the organizational values. 990 01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:11,440 On the surface, the common thought would be that arts and culture just meets two of the city goals. 991 01:19:11,960 --> 01:19:14,860 The high quality of life, livability. 992 01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:21,540 The infrastructure amenities through the enhancement of the parks, trails, and recreational facilities. 993 01:19:21,540 --> 01:19:28,360 However, it can deliver on all five goals through the practice and concept of placemaking. 994 01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:31,780 It can create safe places for the safe community goal. 995 01:19:32,780 --> 01:19:38,640 These spaces, as well as events, can create a reliable source of revenue for financial 996 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,120 sustainability goal. 997 01:19:41,300 --> 01:19:46,220 It can provide the learning and growth opportunities for city staff to embody and demonstrate 998 01:19:46,220 --> 01:19:48,920 the high-performing organization goal. 999 01:19:50,240 --> 01:19:56,960 So, in closing, I would like to thank City Council for the opportunity to address it 1000 01:19:56,960 --> 01:20:04,940 tonight, and I again ask City Council to please continue to demonstrate that support, give 1001 01:20:04,940 --> 01:20:10,920 the arts and culture the opportunity, give it the fighting chance to show how it can 1002 01:20:10,920 --> 01:20:17,020 service the citizens of La Mesa and deliver on all of the missions, values, and goals 1003 01:20:17,020 --> 01:20:18,720 of the strategic plan. 1004 01:20:19,540 --> 01:20:19,940 Thank you. 1005 01:20:20,100 --> 01:20:20,380 Thank you. 1006 01:20:20,500 --> 01:20:21,220 What's the name of your business? 1007 01:20:22,180 --> 01:20:24,340 Well, it's Visionary Dance The... 1008 01:20:24,340 --> 01:20:26,200 I'm sorry, Visionary School for the Performing Arts, 1009 01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:28,420 but we just did change our organization name 1010 01:20:28,420 --> 01:20:29,620 to Monorath Powell Dance. 1011 01:20:30,120 --> 01:20:30,460 Really? 1012 01:20:30,820 --> 01:20:31,020 Yes. 1013 01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:33,380 And you're at both locations still? 1014 01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:34,400 I'm sorry? 1015 01:20:34,600 --> 01:20:36,520 Both locations on Lameza Boulevard still? 1016 01:20:36,680 --> 01:20:37,340 Yes, still there. 1017 01:20:37,580 --> 01:20:38,260 All right, thank you. 1018 01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:39,040 All right, thank you. 1019 01:20:41,900 --> 01:20:43,600 So I'm gonna make a motion 1020 01:20:43,600 --> 01:20:45,080 to approve the consent calendar 1021 01:20:45,080 --> 01:20:46,680 10-1 through 10-6. 1022 01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:47,720 second. 1023 01:21:04,430 --> 01:21:11,310 Can you go ahead and vocalize your vote? Yes. 1024 01:21:17,460 --> 01:21:18,620 So motion carries with all 1025 01:21:18,620 --> 01:21:22,560 council members voting yes. Thank you. Item 11 is council committee reports 1026 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:23,560 council member parent. 1027 01:21:26,680 --> 01:21:29,980 Sorry. I just want to share that at our San Diego 1028 01:21:29,980 --> 01:21:36,540 community power board meeting last week we voted to adopt updated rates for 1029 01:21:36,540 --> 01:21:41,760 rate payers and about 95% of Lemacens are rate payers through the San Diego Community 1030 01:21:41,760 --> 01:21:49,220 Power. Starting February 1st, people's power rates will be reduced by over 10%, which is 1031 01:21:49,220 --> 01:22:00,560 great and good relief for rate payers and households. We'll see what SDGEE does later 1032 01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:05,740 in the year, but we have high hopes that we continue to be a strong value prospect 1033 01:22:05,740 --> 01:22:11,540 for for customers while also working toward our goals to reach 100% green 1034 01:22:11,540 --> 01:22:17,600 energy. Thanks. Council Member Hsu? Nothing to report. Council Member Dillard? 1035 01:22:18,020 --> 01:22:21,440 I have nothing to report. Council Member, sorry Vice Mayor Lothian? Nothing. 1036 01:22:21,940 --> 01:22:27,040 All right, no one traveled. City Attorney remarks were adjourned until the 1037 01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:28,120 first meeting in February.